About

I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Arts, College of Arts, Humanities and Education. I teach on BA (Hons) Graphic Design, MDes Graphic Design and MA Visual Communication.

Teaching responsibilities

I teach at all levels of the UG BA Graphic Design programme, I also teach on PG visual communication and graphic design. Studio based, practice led modules explore the fundamentals of graphic design, the importance of process led practical work and supporting students understand what kind of graphic designer they want to be as the prepare for the world of work.

The course has a strong employability track record; live projects, competitions and collaborations are embedded at all levels of the course and I continure to work with cultural and commercial partners in Derby and further afield.

Professional interests

Research interests

I make work with books, drawing, text, walking and moving image. I have made films, animation and site-specific installation work.

Making, materials and process are important elements of my work and a lack of knowledge about how to put things together is often an important first step in making work. I’m interested in the marginal, ephemeral and overlooked, and how luck, chance and anxiety can be embodied in small objects.

Work for 'On Being an Artsit' and 'Rituals and Rites', two recent (2018) exhibitions for Artcore in Derby http://www.artcoreuk.com/ have explored elements of a family history and investigated the power of objects to hold and trigger memories and emotions.

Membership of professional bodies

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Qualifications

BA (Hons) Graphic Design - Wolverhampton PolytechnicMA Animation - Royal College of ArtPG Diploma in Learning and Teaching - University of the Arts London

Experience in industry

I work independently as a visual artist. I have worked freelance as a designer and illustrator for clients including Habitat, NatWest, the Royal College of Nursing and the RCA, and as in-house designer for Channel 4 Learning (the former educational division of Channel 4) TM2 Tibbalds Monroe (Planning and Urban Design) and John Burke Design.

In the media

Keepsake/Cofiwch (S4C, 2003) a short animation commissioned by S4C (Channel 4 Wales) was broadcast on S4C Digital in May 2004. An article about ‘Misery generates hate', my installation for the Belper Arts Trail 2013, was featured in the Belper News (26 June 2013) and I was interviewed with Andrew Martyn Sugars, curator of the Belper Arts Trail, for BBC Radio Derby (June 2013).